Intuitive Machines, Inc. (NASDAQ:LUNR) is one of the best space stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On July 16, 2025, the Houston City Council approved a strategic lease amendment for Intuitive Machines, adding 3 acres and extending its lease at the Houston Spaceport by 5 years to enable a $12 million expansion.
The project includes new production and testing facilities, plus support infrastructure, to scale lunar lander assembly, Earth‑reentry systems, Lunar Terrain Vehicle development, and NASA’s Near Space Network Services.
A huge in-process machining center producing parts for aircraft and aerospace systems.
Intuitive Machines, headquartered in Houston, is a commercial space infrastructure firm behind the Nova‑C lunar lander series (Odysseus, Athena), spacecraft cargo systems, in-space communication services, and emerging work in lunar mobility and re-entry platforms under NASA and DoD contracts.
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